Mechanical Pre Construction Lead

6 months ago

Motherwell, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

**About the role**
Shape a career to be proud of as part of an award-winning team.

Our team shapes projects that connect communities and impact daily life for millions. Join our Regional Scotland team as a **Mechanical Pre Construction Lead / Bid Estimator **to build new futures.

Own your career, and you can build something to be proud of at Balfour Beatty. By joining our well-established construction teams working on our significant future pipeline of large-scale projects in throughout Scotland you will work with true experts who’ll share their knowledge and provide support, encouragement, and invaluable feedback so you never stop learning. Bring us your capability, and we’ll help you take it much, much further.
**What you'll be doing**
As a **Mechanical Pre Construction Lead / Bid Estimator**, you will lead, manage and co-ordinate all aspects of a pre-construction MEP PCSA bid ensuring that high quality, competitive proposals, robust design and all are delivered to the customer in a manner consistent with the Balfour Beatty Management System.

**You** **will have the following accountabilities**:

- Managing the MEP content of bids to ensure tenders/Cost Plans are prepared & submitted in accordance with client requirements in terms of content, format and timescales.
- Working as part of a collaborative team during PCSA to achieve client budget, providing accurate cost data and advise around suitable market alternatives to maximise client value.
- To produce accurate, competitive, error free, thorough, well researched tenders / bid proposals in a standard format, whilst maintaining estimating files and records as required complying with Gated Lifecycle, Bid Governance and Audit requirements.
- To provide a pre and post contract estimating service to meet profit, quality and service objectives through communication with the strategy & business development, commercial, operational, procurement, finance, insurance and legal functions, and a clear understanding of clients’ tender requirements.
- Developing Stage 3 cost appraisals and developing through Stage 4 to project Financial Close
- Production and Management of Value Engineering proposals to align with customer budgets
- Preparation of bid Risk & Opportunity register within Balfour Beatty IRIS software

**Who we're looking for** The following qualities/experience are essential**:

- Experience in a similar role
- Understanding of Risk & Opportunity analysis
- Educated to degree level or equivalent desirable but not essential
- Good financial acumen with an ability to analyse complex data and documentation accurately
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Familiarisation with Estimation bid software
- Experience in preparation of budget Cost Planning
- Experience of managing Mechanical/Electrical Estimates on projects with M&E values up to circa £50M

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

**Why join us?**

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

**About us**
From Dunfermline’s tramways in 1909 to highland hospitals today, Balfour Beatty has been trusted for over a century to deliver the complex and critical infrastructure and iconic buildings Scotland relies on.

We have the people, knowledge and experience to safely deliver projects right first time, maximising value for money and ensuring a positive social impact and inclusive economic growth for local communities.

Our award-winning sustainable projects, including active travel, Passivhaus and retrofit, demonstrate our commitment to supporting Scotland’s transition towards net zero in the built environment.

**Diversity and inclusion**

Job Reference: BBUK08436

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